ENGLAND fans became involved in a fight outside a Guildford pub after seeing their team dumped out of the Euro 2012 football championships.

Around 12 men, two thought to be Italy supporters, were involved in a clash outside The Stoke pub, on Stoke Road, following the penalty shoot out defeat on Sunday.

Surrey Police officers attended the scene at 10.45pm where they diffused the situation and allowed the fans to make their way home.

Just minutes after the finish of the game, watched by hundreds on the pub’s screens, those inside were drawn to the window as trouble erupted outside on Stoke Road.

Fergus McEwan, 30, from Guildford, watched the game at the pub and described seeing a man wearing a blue shirt with the word ‘Italia’ among the group outside.

“There was no trouble inside the pub but through the window I saw people pushing and shoving and shouting at each other,” he said. “Some of them were standing in the road and there was a man with blood trickling down his face. When the police arrived there were officers speaking to people on both sides of the dispute.

“It looked like they were acting as referees.”

Another England fan Tim Harris, 23, said that he counted three police cars, a police van and an ambulance as he left the pub.

He added: “Whatever happened was obviously something big. It was chaos. I don’t know if there was a fight, but it looked like the night ended messily, just like the game.”

A Surrey Police spokesman confirmed that a man had suffered a minor head injury and was taken to the Royal Surrey County Hospital.

Enquiries are ongoing and anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Surrey Police on 101, quoting reference GD/12/5649, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.